Robert H. Wertheim oral history transcription

Wertheim, Robert H., RADM, USN, 1922-. Education, USNA, 1946; Service in occupied Japan, 1945-1946; First Nuclear Weapons As­ sembly Team, Sandia Base, N.M., 1948-1949; USS North Sound, 1950-1951; M.S., MIT, 1954; USS Los Angeles, first ship armed with surface missile system Regulus, 1954-1956; Participated in development of Polaris missile, 1956-1961; Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, Calif., where worked on Chaparral missile system, 1961-1962; Head, Missile Branch and Deputy Techni­ cal Director, Strategic Systems Project Office, 1965-1968; Technical Director, Strategic Systems Project Office, where he helped to develop Polaris, Poseidon and Trident Systems, 1968-1971; Retired, 1979; Sr. Vice-President, Service and Engineering, Lockheed Corporation, 1981.